Method for mounting data sheets



y 7, 1953 D. LITTMANN ET AL 3,382,127

METHOD FOR MOUNTING DATA SHEETS Original Filed June 27, 1963.

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INVENTORS' W y 7%? 7- HM ATTOR N EYS United States Patent 3,382,127 METHOD FOR MOUNTING DATA SHEETS David Littmann, Belmont, and Louis Gilman, Newton, Mass.; said Littmann assignor, by mesne assignments, to Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation of Delaware Original application June 27, 1963, Ser. No. 291,033, now Patent No. 3,243,886, dated Apr. 5, 1966. Divided and this application Feb. 25, 1966, Ser. No. 544,328

2 Claims. (Cl. 156-299) This is a division of application Serial No. 291,033 filed June 27, 1963, now Patent No. 3,243,886.

The present invention relates to .a method of securing a plurality of sheets, such as information bearing or data sheets, to a mounting sheet or the like.

There is a need for an efficient method of securing sheets, such as data sheets, to a larger mounting sheet. For example, there is a need for an efficient method of securing a plurality of small electrocardiograph charts (leads) or segment-s of tracings to a larger mounting or report sheet. When electrocardiographs are taken of an individual the electrocardiograph is recorded as a series of leads on a long strip of paper. In order to retain a record of the electrocardiograph, typical or essential segments are cut from the tape and mounted with appropriate notations on a mounting or report sheet, Heretofore, this has been done by cutting rectangular segments from the tape, and then laboriously fastening by taping or stapling them to a mounting sheet, which incidentally may also serve as a report sheet for other pertinent information regarding the particular individual whose electrocardiograph has been taken. This procedure is time-consuming and costly, particularly in hospitals where hundreds of such electrocardiographs may be taken in any given day and has often necessitated the employment of individuals by hospitals for the specific purpose of mounting such electrocardiograph segments.

The present invention is designed to provide a method by which data sheets, and preferably electrocardiograph charts, may be secured to a mounting or rec-0rd sheet etficiently, effectively and neatly.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method of mounting data sheets or leads which is easy to use; which requires substantially no skill; in which data sheets are secured so that they are not likely to come off the mounting sheet; and in which the data sheets may be arranged neatly and in a prescribed fashion on the mounting sheet. A further object of this invention is providing an inexpensive method for mounting data sheets and the like for use in a wide variety of industries or applications. These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective partially fragmentary view of the present invention,"

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary cross section taken substantially along the line 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary bottom view of the fragmentary cross section shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary cross section taken substantially along the line 44 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a typical mounting sheet with a plurality of data sheets at least partially secured thereto.

While the embodiment of the present invention is described in connection with a method of securing electrocardiograph charts to a mounting or report sheet, it should be understood that the invention disclosed may be applied to methods of mounting other types of sheets and has applications in other fields.

Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention for use in mounting electroeardiograph charts. In this arrangement a means ice for supporting a mounting sheet 1 may be formed of a rectangular board 2, preferably of rigid material such as wood or plastic. Means are provided on the board 2 for locating the mounting sheet 1 in a preselected position 4. These means may comprise a plurality of upwardly projecting pins or dowels 3. The pins 3 permit the mounting sheet 1 to be located or positioned on the board 2 in the position 4 indicated by the dotted outline.

A frame 5 is positioned over and is preferably secured to the board 2. This frame preferably has hinged arms 6 and 7 at its upper end. These arms 6 and 7 are pivotally secured to a bar 8 by pins projecting through the arms 6 and 7 into the ends of the bar 8. The bar 8 in turn is secured to the board 2 by screws 9 or other suitable means.

The frame 5 includes upper and lower cross members 19 and 11 which respectively form the upper and lower ends of the frame 5. These cross members interconnect the side members 12 and 13. The side members 12 and 13 are symmetrically located on either side of, and together with the cross members define a centrally located aperture 14. The side members 12 and 13 have a cross section shown in FIG. 2. The outer edges of the side members, as shown, are formed with a rail 15 extending longitudinally of the frame. The lower surface 16 of the rail 15 is adapted to lie against a mount-ing sheet 1, at the sides thereof, when the mounting sheet is positioned in the preselected position 4. The side members are tapered or beveled from the rail 15 to a narrow inner edge 17 which defines the sides of the aperture 14. The lower surface of the side members are upwardly recessed from the rail 15 to the edge 17 defining a space 18 between the lower surface of the side members and a mounting sheet 1 when positioned in position 4.

The side members 12 and 13 are each divided into a plurality of compartments 19 with the compartments 19 preferably rectangular in form and each bordering on inner side edge 17 of the aperture 14. The compartments 19 are defined on their outer edges by the shoulder 21 of the rail 15, and are each defined from the adjacent ones by partitions 22 which extend laterally from the aperture 14 and preferably normal to edges 17. These partitions 22 are each formed by upwardly projecting ridges which extend from the edge 17 to the shoulder 15. The outermost compartments 19 at the upper and lower ends of the frame have their outer edges defined respectively by the upper cross member 10 and the lower cross member 11. The compartments 19 are each preferably of uniform size with a length 24 corresponding to or slightly greater than the corresponding dimension of a data sheet 26 (FIG. 5) which is adapted to be secured to the mounting sheet 1. The depth 28 of each compartment is less than the corresponding length of the data sheets 26 to be secured to the mounting sheet 1 and preferably is about three-quarters the length of such data sheets. Aligned with each partion 22 is a boss 30. These bosses 30 extend downwardly from the lower surfaces of the side members in positions adjacent to the edges 17 with the lower surfaces of the bosses coplanar with the lower surfaces of the rails 15.

The data sheets 26 are preferably dimensioned to correspond with predefined rectangular areas 31 on the mounting sheet 1. These predefined areas 31 are symmetrically located on the mounting sheets 1 so that they each partially underlie a compartment 19 when the sheet 1 is positioned as indicated at 4, with the inner portions 42 of the predefined areas 31 lying within the aperture 14. The areas 31 are preferably coated with an adhesive adapted to secure data sheets 26 thereto.

The lower cross section 11 may be provided with a handle 35 to hold the frame when it is pivoted.

In using this device a plurality of data sheets 26 are cut by any suitable means from an elongated electrocardiograph tape. The frame 5 is pivoted upwardly so that the mounting sheet 1 may be positioned under it. A mounting sheet 1 is then positioned in position 4 between the board 2 and the frame 5. The frame is closed so that it rests on the mounting sheet. In this position bosses 30 are aligned with the lateral spaces 36 of the mounting sheet which divide and define the areas 31. The compartments 19 are thereby aligned with the areas 31 as illustrated in FIG. 1. Individual data sheets 26 are then positioned in the compartments 19 with the outer edges 37 of the data sheets aligned with or butted against the shoulders 15 and with the upper and lower edges of the sheets 26 aligned with or butted against the upper and lower edges of the compartments. The inner edges or portions 38 of the data sheets 26 are then laid over the inner portions 42 of the areas 31 in facing relation. The adhesive, preferably on the areas 51, thereby secures the inner portion-s 38 of the data sheets 26 to the portions 42 of the mounting sheet 1. The bosses 30 act as separating, non adhering means to separate parts of the charts from parts of the portions on the mounting sheet. After all the data sheets have been partially secured in this manner, the frame may be pivoted upwardly and if desired, the mounting sheet 1 removed. The free outer portions 40 of the data sheets 26 may be pressed downwardly int-o adhesive contact with the remainder of the areas 31.

Having now described our invention, we claim:

1. A method of securing a plurality of data-bearing electrograph charts to a mounting sheet having defined portions covered with adhesive for securing said charts comprising,

positioning a plurality of charts in selected and fixed relationship to one another with said relationship corresponding to the arrangement of said defined portions on the mounting sheet to which said charts are to be secured, and

moving :said charts downwardly into facing relation with said sheet and partially engaging each of said charts with said defined portions on said sheet, and engaging parts of said charts with a separating nonadhering means covering parts of said portions and separating said parts of said charts from said mounting sheet, and thereafter removing said last-mentioned means and engaging the remaining parts of said charts with said defined portions.

2. A method as set forth in claim 1 including arranging said charts in a plurality of adjacent columns in said selected and fixed relationship to one another, and thereafter initially engaging said charts with said defined portions of said sheet in areas of said charts bordering the adjacent edges of said adjacent columns.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,889,484 1l/1932 Marshburn 156246 3,208,899 9/1965 Bicher l56-536 759,949 5/1904 White et al 156-660 ROBERT F. BURNETT, Primary Examiner.

ALEXANDER WYMAN, JACOB H. STEINBERG,

Examiners. W. POWELL, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A METHOD OF SECURING A PLURALITY OF DATA-BEARING ELECTROGRAPH CHARTS TO A MOUNTING SHEET HAVING DEFINED PORTIONS COVERED WITH ADHESIVE FOR SECURING SAID CHARTS COMPRISING, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF CHARTS IN SELECTED AND FIXED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER WITH SAID RELATIONSHIP CORRESPONDING TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF SAID DEFINED PORTIONS ON THE MOUNTING SHEET TO WHICH SAID CHARTS ARE TO BE SECURED, AND 